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We are pleased today to have the third in a series of podcast interviews with student-athletes today.  We are pleased to have Ms. Adaora Elonu, MVP of the Texas A&M 2012 Women's Basketball Team join us to talk about academics, basketball, being a student-athlete, and competition. 

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****Warning:  Today's Podcast is rated "R" because of language.***** Today's podcast is a special episode speculating about the future of sports...

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Huffines Institute Volunteer and Kinesiology Doctoral student was on the British Broadcasting Channel's program Top Gear.  If you're not familiar with Top Gear, it is the most popular automobile show in the world and they happened to catch David while he was in the pits at the November NASCAR Sprint Cup series race at Texas MotorSpeedway.  Send us an email at Huffines@hlkn.tamu.edu and tell us where you saw him in the show and we'll send you one of our podcast t-shirts!

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The RFP for the 2012-2013 Faculty Research Seed Grant program is now available in the Affiliates section of the website..  Please log-in and chec...

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The Sports Dietician for the NFL's Houston Texans, MLB's Houston Astros, and the Houston Ballet, Ms. Roberta Anding, RD/LD joins us in the podcast this week.  This is a straight-ahead discussion of the nutritional challenges of both elite athletes and normal folks.  It's a fun conversation!

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We are pleased to bring you a podcast today with Mr. Andrew Wolridge, former A&M football player.  This is a fun conversation and gives us a look behind the curtain at the life of a student athlete during their time in a major athletic program.  Join us today for this fun conversation....

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We have a special podcast edition - nothing like starting your week with a new podcast!  We look inside the world of dance today - ballet, modern, and other forms with Dr. Tom Welsh from Florida State University. 

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How are schools working to keep kids active in the face of the elimination of physical education classes? Joining us in the podcast is Health and PE Specialist Matt Belles from the 17th largest school district in the country as we chat about this issue.

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Dr. Walt Thompson from Georgia State University joins us today in the podcast and talks about the American Fitness Index and why you should know about this index. 

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Joining us in the podcast today is Dr. David Bassett from the University of Tennessee who is a renowned expert in how to measure human activity and how activity levels differ between technological societies and non-technological societies. 

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Listen to the Tim Lightfoot's interview on TexAgs.com radio show about the Huffines Discussion....Thanks to Gabe Bock and the folks at TexAgs for ...

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Baseball season is almost here!  We've got a great podcast today with MLB's Washington Nationals Asst. GM Bryan Minniti about professional baseball, injuries, and rehab in a large organization with multi-million dollar athletes.  Join us for Mr. Minniti's behind-the-scenes insights about professional baseball.

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IndyCar driver Charlie Kimball joins us in the podcast to talk about the special sports medicine needs of an IndyCar driver as well as his special physiological needs.  Charlie is the first elite racing driver to race with Type 1 Diabetes and it is incredibly interesting to hear how his team (and IndyCar) handles his condition.

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Has Exercise Science / Sports Medicine changed? Yes - and in ways that many did not foresee.  One of the Fathers of Modern Exercise Science - Dr. Ed Howley - joins us in the podcast today to talk about where we've been and where we're going in Sports Medicine.

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Dr. Jay Williams from Virginia Tech joins us in the podcast today to talk about using social media to translate sports medicine to the public, especially in the area of soccer.  Jay actually works in the area of molecular biology and sports and in the last few years has really been working to make Sports Science understandable to the public.  So join us for this fun conversation!

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We're into the second month of 2012 and many people are rethinking their New Year's resolution to lose weight.  Our podcast today is a delightfully frank conversation with Ms. Faith A. Lightfoot, President of Lighten The Load and an expert on weight loss and healthy living in women and children.  This is a hard-hitting conversation that highlights the difficulties of maintaining healthy weight in our modern society.

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The speaker line-up for the 2012 Huffines Discussion (March 23, 2012) is announced!. 

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In the past few months, there have been several football players that have collapsed and died away from the field.  So how much risk do these athletes have for sudden death?  Dr. Stephen Crouse, an expert in athletic medical screen joins us in the podcast today to talk about what we know about athletic sudden death and the real risk to athletes.  This is a great podcast, especially if you are an athlete or have a child participating in sports.

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We've got something different for you this week in the podcast that we think you'll enjoy.  Our friends over at EscapePod.org are allowing us to broadcast one of their episodes - Fuel by Matthew Rotundo - that dealt with the future of athletic performance enhancement.  This is a great episode to generate conversation about the future of performance and what we will allow as a society.

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It's the New Year and we start with Dr. Pat Goodson joining us in the studio.  Dr. Goodson is a writing expert and leads us in a discussion about what is the 'scientific literature'.  Why do we trust the scientific literature  and why is it important for us to know about it?  If you want to be able to figure out what is true or not in sports science, this is a fun conversation and one that will make you think.

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Emily Schmitt, from the Huffines Institute, was quoted in a new article on "Avoiding Fitness Injuries in the New Year".  Check it out h...

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 It's a special holiday podcast with Sports Illustrated writer David Epstein.  We have two firsts in this podcast:  our first three-time guest, and our first podcast live from Doha, Qatar.  We talk with David about Ryan Braun doping, Colt McCoy's concussion, and what he's doing in Qatar for Sports Illustrated.  It's our holiday podcast - the elves had fun putting this one together!

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 Hall of Fame Golf Coach Bob Ellis joins us today to talk about golf and the role of golf in your life...

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 Dr. Charlie Shea, expert in figuring out how we move and coordinate our movements, joins us today in the podcast.  We have fun talking about sport, music, and everyday movement and how our brain coordinates all of that movement.

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  It's our 50th Podcast Celebration!  We're lucky to have as a special guest Dr. Larry Kenney, Professor from the Noll Laboratory at Penn State University.  Dr. Kenney is an eminent Exercise Scientist that has spent most of his career looking at why aging hinders our ability to handle heat.  Join us for this fun, entertaining conversation.

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This is a great video about the Huffines Institute that was shown at the A&M-Kansas football game.  If you want to know a bit of the history ...

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The Huffines Institute was featured in the pre-game show before the Aggies - Kansas game this past weekend. Listen here as our friend Dave South inter...

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 We've got Dr. Ross Tucker, from the University of Cape Town in Cape Town, South Africa in the podcast today.  Ross is currently on the management team of the South African National Sevens team (you'll have to listen to find out what Sevens is), is one of the most astute and well-spoken young Exercise Physiologists in the world, and has been heavily involved in the debate about whether Oscar Pistorius should be allowed to compete against able-body track athletes.  If nothing else, tune in for the discussion of the Pistorius case for an illustration of how politics, science, and the judicial system sometimes intersect to the detriment of truth.

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 We've got a great podcast with Mr. Adam Davis who is the Strength and Conditioning Coach for Stewart-Haas Racing, the parent company of the race teams of Tony Stewart and Ryan Newman in NASCAR's Spring Cup Championship Series.  We talk about strength training of pit crew athletes...

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 Dr. John Buchanan joins us in the studio today for our podcast and chats about his work with basic perceptual processes.  Dr. Buchanan works to understand how we balance and move through space and how our brains perceive and track that movement.  This is a great talk on an emerging area of research that may have significant impact for many patient populations.

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 Today we are pleased to have Dr. Noah Dean from Texas Lutheran University join us in the podcast.  Noah has made a mission of exposing and educating the public about quacks and fraudulent health products that are on the market.  This is a fun conversation and greatly needed in today's consumer society. We also talk about Noah's experience as a stuntman on Friday Night Lights.

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 Our Huffines' Discussion Scholars video podcasts wrap-up today with a

great talk

from Dr. and Astronaut Richard Linnehan, who talks about "Living, Working & Exercising in Space: An Astronaut's Perspective".  This is a great talk that shows some of the stresses on astronauts as they complete their space missions. 

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 Join us as Dr. Dave Wright from Texas A&M visits the podcast studio today.  We have a great conversation about 'deliberate' practice and whether that helps performance or not.  This is a hot topic right now in sports science and it's great that we've got Dr. Wright here to chat about it!

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 Today's video podcast is from Dr. Frank Booth, who talks about "Walk Away from Type 2 Diabetes".  This is an engaging talk from one of the preeminent Exercise Physiologists in the World and presents an easy to understand plan for dealing with Type 2 Diabetes.

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A big congratulations goes out to Mr. Justin Dobson, who many of you know as our Podcast Producer (and he has all of the questions!).  Mr. Dobson...

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Join us today for a historic podcast with Mr. Jim Whitehead, Executive Vice President and CEO of the American College Sports Medicine, the world's largest professional organization devoted to Exercise and Sports Medicine.  Jim chats with us about the recent historic United Nations Health Summitt (only the second health summitt ever held at the U.N.) that focused on diseases caused by lifestyle issues.  A large topic at the UN Summitt was the recognition of the huge role that physical inactivity plays as an underlying cause of disease and death.  Even if you are not interested in health policy, you should tune in this podcast to find out how you can influence health in your local area and in the world!

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We've got a new video podcast online...Mr. Ty Warren from the Denver Broncos shares with us the training program of elite athletes.  This is part...

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The deadline for submission of the Huffines Student Research Grants is Sept. 30, 2011.  Log into the Affiliates section to get more information!

Join us today for a great podcast with Dr. Dan Lieberman from Harvard University, one of the preeminent scientists in the world on the evolutio...

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 Today's video podcast is from 2011 Huffines Discussion Scholar, Dr. Steve Riechman, Texas A&M University, who talks about "Eat More Cholesterol for Your Health and Strength".  This is a great talk that may challenge many of the beliefs you may have about cholesterol.

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 In today's podcast, we talk to Dr. Lee Brown from the Univ. of California Fullerton about isokinetic resistance training.  We also cover whole body vibration and the role the National Strength and Conditioning Association plays in guaranteeing that your personal trainer knows what they are doing. 

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Join us this week for a great video podcast by Mr. Kevin Hughes - Comic Extraordinaire.  Kevin has a great take on health and wellness and is an end-user of what we do as sports scientists.  He's got a great perspective and is fun to listen to (plus, check out his bio - Comic of the year several times!).

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The new Requests for Applications (RFA) for the Huffines Institute Student Travel and Student Research programs are now available.  Sign into the...

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Our awareness of the prevalence of concussions in sports is increasing....Join us today as we chat with one of leading experts in rehabilitating athletes after concussion, Dr. Mickey Collins from the University of Pittsburgh.  It is a great conversation and one that all of us need to hear.

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 What are the components of success?  Talent?  Practice?  Determination?  Join us in the podcast as we chat with Dr. Angela Duckworth from the University of Pennsylvania who tells us about GRIT and the role of determination in success.  This is a great conversation about a topic that is easy to talk about, but hard to study.

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Recently CNN.com published a list of the top ten exercise myths.  But are those myths really myths?  We asked four bright, rising stars in Exercise Science - Brad Lambert, Emily Schmitt, David Ferguson, and Justin Dobson - for their take on the 'myths'.  It's a fun group, a fun conversation, and the first time we've had four guests on the podcast at the same time!

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 Join us for the most recent video podcast from the Huffines Discussion:  Dr. Michael Reid, from the University of Kentucky, who talks about "Muscle Weakness, Fatigue and Free Radicals: Of Cowboy Hats and Elephants". And as the title implies, it was a fascinating talk!

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 If you knew exactly what sport you were best suited for, would you be interested?  Several companies claim that they can tell you what sport you would be best at.  Join us today in the podcast as we talk to Dr. Steve Roth from the University of Maryland who is an expert on using genetics to select for sport.

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Check out our newest video podcast - from the 2011 Huffines Discussion, Dr. Jon Wertheim talks about omission bias in sports officiating - Do the refe...

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 It's still hot outside - so grab a cool drink and listen to Dr. Mindy Millard-Stafford in the podcast!

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We are pleased to announce that our video podcast has gone live!  Go to the Videos section (under Resources) for the first of the biweekly series from Dr. Molly Bray.

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One of the most difficult conversations we might have is how race plays a role in sport, so why not have the conversation?  Join us today in the podcast as we chat with Dr. John Singer, a noted scholar on the role of race in sport.

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Have you ever had the urge to run for long, long distances?  Today in the podcast...

 

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It's summer!  Time to go swimming!  Today, we talk to Mr. Roy Fielding who has been named as one of the 25 most influential Aquatics professionals in the world.

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Cardiac Rehab - two words that are many times misunderstood.  Today, we have Dr. Steve Martin......

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Karl Kapchinsky is awarded the Eddie Wojecki and Frank Medina Awards from the Southwest Athletic Trainers' Association. Whoop!

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New Podcast!  In honor of Memorial Day weekend, we are privileged to chat with Brigidier General Joe Ramirez, highly decorated soldier and the Commandant of the Corp of Cadets here at Texas A&M....

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Join us for one of the most high energy senior athletes we've ever met.  Doug Tremaine ...

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Summer is almost here and what better time to talk about hydration and exercise!  So, join us in the podcast as we chat with Gatorade Sport Sciences Institute Research Director Dr. Jeff Zachwieja.

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The request for proposals (RFP) for the 2011-2012 Huffines Affiliate Faculty Research Seed grants has been released.  Sign into the Huffines Affiliate section to get the details.  The deadline for the proposals is May 31 at 5 pm.

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Join us as we chat with Dr. Molly Bray from the University of Alabama Birmingham as we talk about her work on nutrition timing....

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Frank Thomas is on the podcast today - click here for our conversation about college activity courses and Olympic Archery!

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It's Friday - so you know there's a new podcast available...this week we talk to Dr. Carol Garber from Columbia University regarding licensing.....

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 Join us as we talk with acclaimed author Dr. Danny Ballard about the role of health in life - especially how health can augment learning and increases well-being.

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A new podcast featuring Dr. John Thornton, the Associate Athletic Director here at Texas A&M has just gone live in the feed.  In the podcast, we have a great conversation...

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 We've got a new podcast up....Dr. Mike Massett, NIH-funded researcher, discusses advancements in the search for the genetic mechanisms that control exercise endurance.  Click on over to the podcast page to join us for this great conversation - don't worry - the genetic jargon is held to a minimum!

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The Huffines Discussion was a great event.  If you couldn't be there, don't worry - we'll be putting the videos of all of the speakers on the website in the upcoming weeks.

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Great write-up in The Eage today regarding the Huffines Discussion....thanks to The Eagle!

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Check out our new podcast this week with Jon Wertheim from Sports Illustrated!

Click here to see the interview with Dr. Lightfoot, Director of the Huffines Institute, on KBTX about the upcoming Huffines Discussion.

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We are so excited to announce the final speaker line-up for the Huffines Discussion. We are pleased to announce that the following leaders and thinker...

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There's a new podcast in the feed!  Coach Allen Kinley, Director of Strength and Condtioning for A&M's Olympic and Team Sports, stops in the studio...

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